--- title: Uses description: "Hardware, software, and travel tools Andrea actually uses." canonical: https://andrealeopardi.com/uses/ last-updated: 2026-08-24 --- # `/uses` Page `/uses` is a nice sort of personal-website standard where people post stuff they use to do their work or just in their life. I promise it is, but I can't find a link about this anywhere now. ## Hardware * I use a 2024 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro, work issued. Love it. Love the matte screen. * I have a 13" iPad Pro that I use to draw slides (with the Apple Pencil) and watch movies, and sometimes do some shopping. * My phone is an iPhone 17 Pro Max. I don't really care about which computer or iPad I use, but I'm a sucker for phones and I love the iPhone. ## Software ### macOS Apps I use macOS as my main OS. * [Zed][zed] as my main text editor these days. My editor of choice used to be a more stable pick—nowadays I switch to whatever has the best AI integrations. * [Ghostty][ghostty] as my terminal. Lots of [Claude Code](https://claude.com/product/claude-code) and [Codex](https://openai.com/codex/) all around. * [1Password] for password management. I pay for a family subscription, and I think 1Password might be my favorite piece of software ever. * [Dash] for consulting documentation. It's an app that aggregates documentation from different software, programming languages, and ecosystems (it supports [hex.pm](https://hex.pm) packages!!). It lets you search though everything. Just awesome. * [Obsidian] for taking notes. * **Mail.app** (the default) for email. * [Fantastical] for calendars. I pay for a subscription for this and love it. * **Keynote.app** for giving talks. * [TablePlus] for talking to databases. * [Raycast] to do quite a few things. I launch apps with it, run little scripts that I wrote as extensions, use it for clipboard management, for snippets, as a calculator, and probably more. I used to use [Alfred] for this but nowadays Raycast has a bunch more extensions. * [Granola][granola] to automatically take notes when I'm in meetings. I also use a lot of little utilities here and there to make life on macOS more pleasant. * I use [Magnet] to move my windows around. * [AltTab] lets me command-tab my way around much better than the default. * [CleanShot X][cleanshot] to take screenshots. * [Klack] (and this is silly) for having mechanical-keyboard sound in my headphones when I type on my normal Apple keyboard—which I prefer for the actual typing. * [Hand Mirror][handmirror] to check that I'm pretty before meetings. * [Timing] to track what I do when looking at screens. This is cool because I'm a nerd for data about what I do, but also a bane because it shows me how much time I just screw around. [cursor]: https://cursor.com/agents [zed]: https://zed.dev/ [ghostty]: https://ghostty.org/ [granola]: https://www.granola.ai/ [1Password]: https://1password.com/ [Dash]: https://kapeli.com/dash [Obsidian]: https://obsidian.md/ [TablePlus]: https://tableplus.com/ [Magnet]: https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/ [AltTab]: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ [cleanshot]: https://cleanshot.com/ [Alfred]: https://www.alfredapp.com/ [Raycast]: https://www.raycast.com/ [Fantastical]: https://flexibits.com/fantastical [Klack]: https://tryklack.com/ [handmirror]: https://handmirror.app/ [Timing]: https://timingapp.com/ #### iOS/macOS/iPadOS Apps There are a bunch of apps I use cross-device and outside of doing software development. * [HiCoffee] for tracking caffeine intake. I'm a data nerd, again. * [Pocket Casts][pocketcasts] for listening to podcasts. * [Todoist] for lists and whatnot. * We switched from [YNAB] and are now using [PocketSmith] to track finances. It has way better forecasting features. * I use [Mela] for storing and archiving recipes. I like to cook. I used to use [Paprika], but Mela is prettier and seems to be more actively maintained. * [Whering] is pretty great for tracking your wardrobe, how much you use it, and so on. [HiCoffee]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hicoffee-caffeine-tracker/id1507361706 [YNAB]: https://www.ynab.com/ [Paprika]: https://www.paprikaapp.com/ [pocketcasts]: https://pocketcasts.com/ [Mela]: https://mela.recipes/ [Whering]: https://whering.co.uk/ [Todoist]: https://todoist.com [PocketSmith]: https://www.pocketsmith.com/ ## Traveling My biggest passion in life is probably traveling. I like to optimize the things I can when traveling, so this is my favorite section in this page. ### Software * Even though I hate it and it's a battery hog, I use **Google Maps** really *all the time*. It's the only place where I trust transportation, reviews, and opening times in most places around the world. I don't use it for directions much because I rarely drive when traveling. Apple Maps is nicer and doesn't drain battery, but here in Italy it's pretty much useless. Also, Google Maps recently (and *finally*) added support for custom icons and emojis for custom lists, so now this is also a good database of visited places for me—and restaurants, pubs, whatever. * [Tripsy] superseded [TripIt] as the place where I store all the info about the trips I do. Plane tickets, hotels, train tickets, parking, restaurant reservations, whatever. Also super handy because I can share trips with my wife, both as a viewer and as a traveler, so that she has access to everything too. * I use [Flighty.app][flighty] to manage my flights. It's the stupidest sixty bucks (you read correctly) I spend out of every single cent that goes out of my bank account, but man do I love this app. * When I travel with friends, I love to use [Splid] to track expenses. It makes it so easy to just pay for stuff and then figure it out later. * I mostly use TikTok (🙄) for finding out places to visit, restaurants, and whatnot. I also Google around, sure, but TikTok has a lot of interesting content when it comes to travel. * [Airalo] for buying travel eSIMs. [TripIt]: https://www.tripit.com/web [flighty]: https://www.flightyapp.com/ [Splid]: https://splid.app/english [Airalo]: https://www.airalo.com/ [Tripsy]: https://tripsy.app/